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Frank advises on all aspects of individual and collective employment law with a focus on M&A transactions, internal restructurings (involving headcount reductions and negotiations with employee representatives), internal investigations and executive compensation, including the design of remuneration systems in the financial industry.
Frank has a broad range of experience advising on international sell-side and buy-side transactions, incl. complex carve-out projects. He is experienced in the structuring and handling of all sensitive people and reward matters in this context. In addition, he regularly advises on boardroom and key employee matters and has broad experience in employment litigation.
Additional Information
- DSV A/S on the acquisition of Schenker from Deutsche Bahn;
- Partners Group, CDPQ and OTTPB on the sale of Techem;
- Permira and Blackstone on the take-private of online-classifieds business Adevinta;
- BASF on the merger of Wintershall Dea and Harbour Energy;
- Cinven on the acquisition of MBCC Admixtures from Sika AG;
- Global Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of VTG;
- AEA Investors on a majority investment in SCIO Automation;
- Blackstone on the acquisition of Schenck Process and on the later sales of Schenck’s mining business to Sandvik and of Schenck’s food business to Hillenbrand;
- Hellman & Friedman on the (i) acquisition of the digital marketplace AutoScout24 and Finanzcheck, (ii) sale of Finanzcheck by AutoScout24 to smava, and (iii) the acquisition of Leasingmarkt by AutoScout24;
- Fortive on successful premptive bid for EA Elektro-Automatik;
- ASSA ABLOY on the acquisition of SKIDATA from Kudelksi;
- International Chemical Investors Group on the sale of CordenPharma to Astorg;
- Midea on its acquisition of the heating technology business of Arbonia AG;
- Springer Nature on the sale of its business for mobility education and training services to Unigestion;
- B&B Hotels on the acquisitions of (i) 30 hotels of AccorInvest Group in Germany; and (ii) an operating company for nine hotels in Germany from Covivio;
- Boehringer Ingelheim on the swap of the consumer healthcare and animal health business with Sanofi;
- EQT on the acquisition of Schülke & Mayr GmbH;
- GRO Capital on its participation in iPoint-systems;
- KKR on the acquisition of a 40 per cent stake in the Körber Supply Chain business from Körber AG;
- Klocke Holding and its subsidiary IDT Biologika on entering a strategic partnership with Korean SK bioscience;
- Lindsay Goldberg on the sale of the Schur Flexibles Group to the B&C Foundation;
- Permira and TeamViewer on the IPO of TeamViewer AG;
- Razor Group on the acquisition of The Stryze Group;
- SUSE S.A. on EQT’s voluntary purchase offer and delisting;
- Triton on the acquisition of Voith Industrial Services;
- Verisk on the acquisition of ACTINEO, and on the acquisition of Krug Sachverständigen GmbH;
- Warburg Pincus on the acquisition of IPAN and on its investment in Blue Yonder; and
- Yokohama Rubber on the acquisition of Trelleborg Wheel Systems from Trelleborg AB.
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Dr. Frank Schaer
Partner
T +49 69 27 30 80
frankfurt am main Office
Bockenheimer Anlage 44
60322 frankfurt am main